SkyPonds

The SkyPonds installation was part of the 2008 Centennial Celebration of the W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory. This collaboration between artists Joseph Miller and Oliver Doriss was a response to the unique aesthetic of this historic structure. The installation is a marriage of botanical properties and Tacoma’s tradition of glass making. The cloud forms balance each other symbolizing the delicate interaction of our own ecosystems. They participate in the daily cycles of the conservatory life, gentile condensations, rusting, growing, and evaporating. A closed little loop of life that mimics our own.

Photo Credit: Jason Ganwich

Photo Credit: Jason Ganwich

SkyPonds

Photo Credit: Jason Ganwich

Photo Credit: Jason Ganwich

Photo Credit: Jason Ganwich

Photo Credit: Jason Ganwich

Of the original 8 mobiles 5 remain and are presently available for purchase if you’re that type. -Oliver & Joe